Rethinking 'Mental Health Stigma'

component of END is a talk by one or more volunteers with experience of mental illness; the volunteers recount their life experiences before, during and after the onset of their mental illness, discuss their recovery and relay instances in which they have felt discriminated against or stigmatized and how these instances have affected their lives.This type of social contact differs from that involved in the Living Library and Get Moving! because it is indirect and involves a targeted group.Although it is less likely that direct conversations will occur between people with and without mental illness, one advantage of END over the other two projects is that it is issued in an educational, easily reproducible format and can reach large groups of students, something that may be considered to be a limitation of direct social contact interventions.